While some states have banned such products, others have worked to set limits on them. She said the boy suffered from a “cardiac episode” and reported that it was determined her son “had something odd with his heart.”

Tanner Clements’ death was ruled accidental and the cause of death was delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol toxicity, according to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Central District Administrator LaKeshia Johnson.īefore she was charged, the mother told WUSA-TV that she thought she had bought CBD gummies from a Fredericksburg store and had no idea that what she bought actually contained THC. The detective wrote that the attending doctor reported that if the boy had received medical attention shortly after eating the gummies, his death could have been prevented. Toxicology results showed the child had extremely high levels of THC in his system, documents state. But the documents show that when police seized the empty jar, they learned that the gummies contained THC, the compound that gives pot its high, not CBD. When she told poison control that the boy ate part of a gummy, she was assured that he’d be OK, according to court documents. Court records didn’t list an attorney for Clements.Ĭlements’ son, Tanner, was found unresponsive on May 6 and was taken to a hospital where he died two days later, news outlets reported.Ĭlements told police that only one gummy containing CBD, which does not cause a high, was left when her son accessed the jar. Felony murder is the accidental killing of a person in the commission of certain felonies. A Virginia mother has been charged with felony murder and felony child neglect in the death of her 4-year-old son, who authorities believe ate a large amount of THC gummies.ĭetectives arrested Dorothy Annette Clements on Wednesday and she is being held without bond, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Facebook.

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